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Hey all.. I will try to keep this tale of woe short as I'm sure many of you have experienced certain elements of the following story.
In 1999 I ordered a custom shop BC Rich Warlock which I received 10 months later. Guitar was to my specs, with ridiculous hot rod flames, single humbucker, and crazy flame inlays. It was gorgeous. Soon afterwards, for the first time in my life I found myself in a financial situation due to a sick pet and being out of work. As you all know where this is going, I sold the Warlock on Ebay at a significant loss, but enough to take care of bills and hold me over till I was working again. People often ask me why I sold the warlock and not one of my many other guitars. Quite simply, the Warlock was newest and while be an amazing axe, did not have the relationship that my guitars that have been with me for 10 years had. It was the least painful to let go.
Anyway..
Here we are 2 years later and guess who should contact me, but the buyer of my custom shop warlock. He is looking to sell it and was offering it to me as courtesy. Now I hadn't thought about the Warlock for some time, but the thought of having it back started to grow on me. It was one of the Last guitars Bernio Rico worked on before he sadly passed away.
The buyer (who was in Hong Kong) tells me his brother has brought it to the states where he lives and that he would have him contact me. (I had browsed through his winning auctions when he had bought the guitar off of me, and he must have bought $200,000 of guitars off ebay that month alone)
Finally, I get an email from the brother. Asking price is $1600 more than he bought it from me from (and more than I could get a brand new custom shop made for). Needless to say, I was pissed. At this point I realize they are trying to milk the fact that it may hold some sentimental value for me. As much as I'd like to get it back, I'm not gonna allow myself to get openly screwed. I throw back a figure that was $400 more than they had bought it from me from. Finally they decide to bring their asking price down to $1100 more than they had purchased it from me for. I throw back a figure $300 less than that and they say no dice. So I say I'll have to think about it and left it at that.
My question to all of you is have you ever had the chance to rebuy a guitar you regretted selling and the seller tried to use it to his advantage? What did you do? Right now, I'm feeling I'll either wait him out and see if he is willing to drop it or give up on the idea alltogther as much as it pains me. I have a feeling he cannot possibly move this guitar at the price he is asking..it is just too much of a custom job.
thanks for the conversation,
Rich
In 1999 I ordered a custom shop BC Rich Warlock which I received 10 months later. Guitar was to my specs, with ridiculous hot rod flames, single humbucker, and crazy flame inlays. It was gorgeous. Soon afterwards, for the first time in my life I found myself in a financial situation due to a sick pet and being out of work. As you all know where this is going, I sold the Warlock on Ebay at a significant loss, but enough to take care of bills and hold me over till I was working again. People often ask me why I sold the warlock and not one of my many other guitars. Quite simply, the Warlock was newest and while be an amazing axe, did not have the relationship that my guitars that have been with me for 10 years had. It was the least painful to let go.
Anyway..
Here we are 2 years later and guess who should contact me, but the buyer of my custom shop warlock. He is looking to sell it and was offering it to me as courtesy. Now I hadn't thought about the Warlock for some time, but the thought of having it back started to grow on me. It was one of the Last guitars Bernio Rico worked on before he sadly passed away.
The buyer (who was in Hong Kong) tells me his brother has brought it to the states where he lives and that he would have him contact me. (I had browsed through his winning auctions when he had bought the guitar off of me, and he must have bought $200,000 of guitars off ebay that month alone)
Finally, I get an email from the brother. Asking price is $1600 more than he bought it from me from (and more than I could get a brand new custom shop made for). Needless to say, I was pissed. At this point I realize they are trying to milk the fact that it may hold some sentimental value for me. As much as I'd like to get it back, I'm not gonna allow myself to get openly screwed. I throw back a figure that was $400 more than they had bought it from me from. Finally they decide to bring their asking price down to $1100 more than they had purchased it from me for. I throw back a figure $300 less than that and they say no dice. So I say I'll have to think about it and left it at that.
My question to all of you is have you ever had the chance to rebuy a guitar you regretted selling and the seller tried to use it to his advantage? What did you do? Right now, I'm feeling I'll either wait him out and see if he is willing to drop it or give up on the idea alltogther as much as it pains me. I have a feeling he cannot possibly move this guitar at the price he is asking..it is just too much of a custom job.
thanks for the conversation,
Rich
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